At the conclusion of the NH Chess tournament in Amsterdam, youth narrowly prevailed over wisdom, with the Rising Stars defeating Team Experience 26-24. GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri were tied for the top Rising Star spot with 6/10 each. A blitz playoff awarded Nakamura the golden ticket into
Melody Amber, the elite blindfold/rapid/blitz tournament in Monaco.

From August 23-28, Hikaru moves on to the Spanish Team Championship (featuring quite a few other members of the 2700 club, including Alexei Shirov,Vugar Gashimov, Etienne Bacrot, David Navara and Ruslan Ponomariov)